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Serial #: WD901 Construction #: F.8724 Civil Registration: N7469 CF-BDH Model(s): AS Mk. 6 TT Mk. 6 Name: None Status: Destroyed Last info: 1977 |
History: Delivered to Royal Australian Navy as WD840. - BOC: June 1953. - SOC: 1965 - Put up for disposal at Bankstown, NSW, Mar. 3, 1965. Casula Auto Wreckers, Casula, NSW, Jan. 1967. - Displayed. William F. G. Gambella, Charleston, SC, 1967. - Shipped to USA on S.S. African Crecent, 1967. John M. Silver, Wadley, GA, 1968-1971. - Registered as N7469. Dennis Bradley & Alan Ness/Canadian Warplane Heritage, Hamilton, Ontario, Sept. 1971-1977. - Registered as CF-BDH. - Delivered from Georgia to Toronto, Sept. 1971. - Flew as RCN/BD-H. - Crashed into Lake Ontario, Sept. 2, 1977. -- Alan Ness killed. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. |
Photo Source(s): Eric Dumigan Photography Research Assistance: - |
